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[Bacon Butty Man]

As some may already know, i have been having an ongoing problem with hp and a worn vista coa, i originally thought tha coa was worn whilst away for repair, the laptop was only 2 weeks old and they managed to were away the coa, i now suspect the laptop i recieved is NOT the laptop i sent away, before i sent the machine i made the restore dvd's and when it wasreturned they had wiped the hdd with a new install, the key matched that on the coa of the returned laptop so i assumed it was my original lapotop, how ever, i have just used the restore discs i made BEFORE it went away and checked the product key via a little prog i have, and the one on the base is different to the one on the machines new installation, which tells me that this is NOT my original machine, would any of you be so kind as to install this key checker to make sure its working as it should. http://www.magicaljellybean.com/keyfinder/
then let me know if it is, i am not going to let HP get away with this

[Kevin Wood]

Sounds suspicious to me.

Jellybean didn't match the COA on my machine but I'm not sure if the COA on this machine was for the XP it has now or whether it originally had 2k / 98 (shudder).

That's the catch. After 6 or 7 years use the operating system and OEM details have worn off my COA but the key is still perfectly legible. It seems to be under a plastic coating. I think you'd have to go some to wear it off. You'd probably only do it deliberately.

Kevin

[Bacon Butty Man]

the new keys are noy covered inplastic, they are simply paper, the older coa's were good, hard to wear, but thats now what i am thinking, they have not given me my laptop, as the key does not mach the istallation

[Plomien]

matches what I have but doesn't mean its the same machine.
HP will have 1 license that can be used on multiple machines